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Post by mirage » 14 Jul 2010, 6:05 pm

Hi All.

My name is Mirage ( wasif ), live in Abu Dhabi and drive a 2010 FJC. :smile:

Love offroading and cars in general with a particular affinity for vintage an classic cars.

Hope to meet with you folks at some point in time and get to know you all better.

Regards

Wasif
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Post by Neo » 14 Jul 2010, 7:34 pm

Hello Wasif, Welcome to the forum. I am from abu dhabi too... Enjoy your time here.
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Post by Ozimandius » 14 Jul 2010, 8:14 pm

Welcome to ze forum~
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Post by TNT » 14 Jul 2010, 8:46 pm

Welcome! Mods on the FJ?
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Post by mirage » 15 Jul 2010, 8:24 am

Thank for the warm wellcome guys, much appreciated.

My FJ is litghtly modded at present due to the non availability of any serious mods for the 2010 FJ.

I currently have an ICON Stage 1 suspension with TRD rims and 285/75/16 BFG TA KO's (Y)

Apart from this I have a TRD Cat back on it and high flow K & N drop in air filter.

I am waiting for the 2010 spec TRD CAI and the UNICHIP to become availabe. Also looking for a LED ligt bar for the roof to make those night drives more fun. :grin:
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Post by Ozimandius » 15 Jul 2010, 8:34 am

I bet it looks nice, pictures please!
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Post by mirage » 15 Jul 2010, 8:40 am

It does to me, not sure if it would to others LOL.

Here are a few pics from one of our drives last week !
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Post by fahad992 » 15 Jul 2010, 9:14 am

welcome to UB :) Nice FJ is it manual ?
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Post by mirage » 15 Jul 2010, 9:16 am

fahad992 wrote:welcome to UB :) Nice FJ is it manual ?

No its a UAE Spec Auto
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Post by Ozimandius » 15 Jul 2010, 11:07 am

What's with the fishing rod?
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Post by mirage » 15 Jul 2010, 11:13 am

Ozimandius wrote:What's with the fishing rod?
LOL that a colapsable flag pole...looks like this ....for safety reasons.
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Post by Ozimandius » 15 Jul 2010, 12:45 pm

Ah. Cool. Now it makes sense! Wicked nonetheless.
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Post by WKZ » 15 Jul 2010, 2:08 pm

Ozimandius wrote:What's with the fishing rod?
:smile:

Welcome to UB!
Now drop in a TRD charger :!:
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Post by TNT » 15 Jul 2010, 2:48 pm

TRD charger won't work on 2010s.
Great rig! I think I've seen it on FJ UAE.
How do the BFG A/Ts perform in sand? I've heard negative stuff about them. I'll be changing tires soon and I want the BFG A/Ts but I've been looking at other options after I read that they don't work well in the sand. It'll be great to know a first-hand opinion by somebody who actually bought and uses them.
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Post by mirage » 18 Jul 2010, 8:30 am

Thanks for a ll the positive comments !!

That car on FJ- UAE was my old 2008 which sadly passed away a few months ago ! :wink:

Those BFG's really work great on sand, wonder who said they don't.

The problem is that the 285/75/16's that I have on mine are a bit on the heavy side and you have some noticeable power loss.

If you are looking for changing to BFG's on a FJ Cruiser then I, and all the others too, would recommend you go with the 275/70/16's as they are the ideal choice. If I could swap mine for these I would do it today.

Check out the Team FJ ride in the last desert challenge and you will see they were also using BFG's so if its good enough for them then its good enough for me !!!

The other tire you could also look at as an upgrade on the FJ is the Nitto Dune Grappler, amazing !!
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